3/19/2008 1:12:18 PM

My understanding is that the CBIT is not run by the NCAA. This is just a creation of a marketing group that runs the Coaches vs. Cancer events. Now, the NCAA isn't telling teams not to play in the tournament, but I don't think they have an active role in administering the event.

The Bearcats were quite excited about the game, if you believe what Mick Cronin told the Enquirer. Whether that's true, or why they would be excited in the first place, is a mystery to me.

Adam Bartel

3/19/2008 10:52:40 PM

Okay, I think the CBI is kind of a joke. Certainly not anything to get excited. I'm a Bearcat fan, but any tourney that invites a team with a losing record (like the Bearcats), but leaves a 20 win Wright State at home loses credibility in my book. BUT, if I were Mick, I would definitely not turn down the invite. BUT, if I were Mick, I would play my freshmen only plus John Williamson. Give them a small (very small) taste of playing in the postseason and prepare them for next year.

Jimmy Dinsmore